Mary Haskett is taking the lessons learned from designing and deploying large biometric systems for foreign governments to bring low-cost, easy-to-use biometric matching to everybody, through her company Tactical Information Systems.

Studying ice cores shows how ancient ice contains records of Earth’s past climate. Over 400,000 years, levels of carbon dioxide have risen and fallen, varying from colder in the Ice Ages to warmer in interglacial periods.

Inspired by his great-grandfather’s work at Thomas Edison’s laboratory, Peter Galison asks questions about the complex interaction between the three principal subcultures of twentieth century physics – experimentation, instrumentation and theory.

Inspired by his great-grandfather's work at Thomas Edison's laboratory, Peter Galison asks questions about the complex interaction between the three principal subcultures of twentieth century physics — experimentation, instrumentation and theory.

Nergis Mavalava studies gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Although gravitational waves are predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, they are very difficult to observe.